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and La Malinche
La Malinche

File:Cortez & La Malinche.jpgLa Malinche , known also as Malintzin, Malinali or Do?a Marina, was a woman from the Mexican Gulf of Mexico, who played an active and powerful role in the Spain conquest of Mexico, acting as interpreter, advisor and intermediary for Hern?n Cort?s....
 meet Moctezuma II
Moctezuma II

Moctezuma, also known as Motecuhzoma Xocoyotzin was the 9th tlatoani of Tenochtitlan, reigning from 1502 to 1520. It was during Moctezuma's reign that the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire began....
 in Tenochtitlan
Tenochtitlan

Tenochtitlan was a Nahua peoples altepetl located on an island in Lake Texcoco, in the Valley of Mexico. Founded in 1325, it became the seat of Aztec Empire in the 15th century, until being Fall of Tenochtitlan....
, November 8, 1519.]] History of Tlaxcala is an illustrated codex
Codex

A codex is a book in the format used for modern books, with separate pages normally bound together and given a cover. It was a Roman invention that replaced the scroll, which was the first form of book in all Eurasian cultures....
 written by and under the supervision of Diego Muñoz Camargo
Diego Muñoz Camargo

Diego Mu?oz Camargo was the author of History of Tlaxcala, an illustrated codex that highlights the religious, cultural, and military history of the Tlaxcalan people....
 in the years leading up to 1585. Also known as Lienzo Tlaxcala ("Linen of Tlaxcala") and by its Spanish title, Historia de Tlaxcala, this manuscript highlights the religious, cultural, and military history of the Tlaxcaltec
Tlaxcaltec

The Tlaxcalteca were an indigenous group of Nahua ethnicity that inhabited the Kingdom of Tlaxcala located in what is now the Mexican state of Tlaxcala....
 people, in particular focusing on the post-conquest
Spanish conquest of Mexico

The Spanish Empire conquest of the Aztec Empire was one of the most important campaigns in the Spanish colonization of the Americas. The invasion began in February 1519 and was achieved on August 13, 1521 by conquistadors led by Hern?n Cort?s....
 aspects.






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and La Malinche
La Malinche

File:Cortez & La Malinche.jpgLa Malinche , known also as Malintzin, Malinali or Do?a Marina, was a woman from the Mexican Gulf of Mexico, who played an active and powerful role in the Spain conquest of Mexico, acting as interpreter, advisor and intermediary for Hern?n Cort?s....
 meet Moctezuma II
Moctezuma II

Moctezuma, also known as Motecuhzoma Xocoyotzin was the 9th tlatoani of Tenochtitlan, reigning from 1502 to 1520. It was during Moctezuma's reign that the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire began....
 in Tenochtitlan
Tenochtitlan

Tenochtitlan was a Nahua peoples altepetl located on an island in Lake Texcoco, in the Valley of Mexico. Founded in 1325, it became the seat of Aztec Empire in the 15th century, until being Fall of Tenochtitlan....
, November 8, 1519.]] History of Tlaxcala is an illustrated codex
Codex

A codex is a book in the format used for modern books, with separate pages normally bound together and given a cover. It was a Roman invention that replaced the scroll, which was the first form of book in all Eurasian cultures....
 written by and under the supervision of Diego Muñoz Camargo
Diego Muñoz Camargo

Diego Mu?oz Camargo was the author of History of Tlaxcala, an illustrated codex that highlights the religious, cultural, and military history of the Tlaxcalan people....
 in the years leading up to 1585. Also known as Lienzo Tlaxcala ("Linen of Tlaxcala") and by its Spanish title, Historia de Tlaxcala, this manuscript highlights the religious, cultural, and military history of the Tlaxcaltec
Tlaxcaltec

The Tlaxcalteca were an indigenous group of Nahua ethnicity that inhabited the Kingdom of Tlaxcala located in what is now the Mexican state of Tlaxcala....
 people, in particular focusing on the post-conquest
Spanish conquest of Mexico

The Spanish Empire conquest of the Aztec Empire was one of the most important campaigns in the Spanish colonization of the Americas. The invasion began in February 1519 and was achieved on August 13, 1521 by conquistadors led by Hern?n Cort?s....
 aspects.

The History of Tlaxcala is divided into three sections:

  • "Relaciones Geográficas" or "Descripción de la ciudad y provincia de Tlaxcala", a Spanish text written by Camargo between 1581 and 1584 in response to Philip II of Spain
    Philip II of Spain

    Philip II was King of Spain from 1556 until 1598, List of monarchs of Naples from 1554 until 1598, king consort of England, as husband of Mary I of England, from 1554 to 1558, lord of the Seventeen Provinces from 1556 until 1581, holding various titles for the individual territories, such as Duke or Count; and King of Portugal as Philip I...
    's Relaciones Geográfica questionnaire.


  • The "Tlaxcala Calendar", a largely pictorial section, with both Spanish and Nahuatl captions.


  • The "Tlaxcala Codex" a largely pictorial section, with both Spanish and Nahuatl captions.


The History of Tlaxcala is held at the University of Glasgow
University of Glasgow

The University of Glasgow was founded in 1451, in Glasgow, Scotland, and, along with its contemporary institution, the University of St Andrews, it formed the Kingdom of Scotland's equivalent to Oxbridge....
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See also

  • Aztec codices
    Aztec codices

    Aztec codices are books written by pre-Columbian and colonial-era Aztecs. These codices provide some of the best primary sources for Aztec culture....


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